More than 100 flights cancelled in Germany as environmental activists target...
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Germany’s busiest airport canceled more than 100 flights Thursday as environmental activists launched a coordinated effort to disrupt air travel across Europe at the height...
View ArticleFast-moving wildfire in the Canadian Rockies' largest national park hits the...
GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alberta (AP) — A fast-moving wildfire hit the the town of Jasper in the Canadian Rockies’ largest national park, causing significant damage and forcing thousands of people, residents...
View ArticleMyanmar violence, South China Sea tensions are top issues as Southeast Asian...
VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) — Southeast Asian foreign ministers and top diplomats from key partners including the United States and China are gathering in the Laotian capital on Thursday for the start of...
View ArticlePhilippine oil tanker sinks in Manila Bay, raising fears of a possible major...
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine oil tanker sank in Manila Bay early Thursday after encountering huge waves, leaving a crewman dead and 16 others rescued in a late-night operation by the coast...
View ArticleEU sends first $1.6 billion from frozen Russia assets to Ukraine
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The European Union announced Friday it had made 1.5 billion euros ($1.6 billion) available to support Ukraine, the first tranche of money generated from profits on frozen...
View ArticleSunken treasure: Is the champagne nestled in a 19th-century shipwreck still...
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Is the 19th century Champagne on the bottom of the Baltic Sea still fit for a toast? A team of Polish divers has discovered the wreckage of an old sailing ship loaded “to the...
View ArticleWith Palestinian deal and Ukrainian foreign minister's visit, China shows its...
In consecutive days this week, China brokered a deal between rival Palestinian factions and hosted Ukraine's foreign minister at a moment when pressure is mounting on the country to negotiate an end...
View ArticleRussia's Central Bank hikes interest rate as inflation soars
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Central Bank on Friday raised its key lending rate to its highest level in more than two years to stem soaring inflation in an overheated economy hit by Western sanctions in...
View ArticleArson attacks paralyze French high-speed rail network hours before start of...
PARIS (AP) — France’s high-speed rail network was hit Friday with widespread and “criminal” acts of vandalism including arson attacks, paralyzing travel to Paris from across the rest of France and...
View Article95 Libyan nationals arrested in South Africa at suspected secret military...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African police arrested 95 Libyan nationals in a raid on a suspected secret military training camp on Friday and authorities said they were investigating whether there were...
View ArticleVenezuela opposition leader provides hope for many, even though she isn't on...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — athomas edited and will filed at 0900 Eastern Friday 7/26. photos tk Maria Corina Machado has hiked overpasses, walked highways, ridden motorcycles, sought shelter in...
View ArticleWhat we know about 'malicious' attack on French train network ahead of...
PARIS (AP) — French transport was thrust into chaos Friday just hours ahead of the Olympics 2024 opening ceremony after a series of coordinated "malicious acts” upended high-speed train lines....
View ArticleHow might Netanyahu's visit to the US affect cease-fire efforts?
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to the United States comes as negotiations to end the Israel-Hamas war and recover hostages held in Gaza inch forward — with no...
View ArticleVenezuelan voters face crucial choice: Reelect Maduro or give opposition a...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The future of Venezuela is on the line. Voters will decide Sunday whether to reelect President Nicolas Maduro, whose 11 years in office have been beset by crisis, or allow...
View ArticleUK drops plans to challenge ICC arrest warrant request against Benjamin...
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s office said Friday that the U.K. will not intervene in the International Criminal Court’s request for an arrest warrant against Israel's Prime...
View ArticleTyphoon Gaemi weakens to a tropical storm as it moves inland carrying rain...
BEIJING (AP) — Tropical storm Gaemi brought rain to central China on Saturday as it moved inland after making landfall at typhoon strength on the country's east coast Thursday night. The storm felled...
View ArticleJapan's Sado gold mine gains UNESCO status after Tokyo pledges to exhibit...
TOKYO (AP) — The UNESCO World Heritage committee on Saturday decided to register Japan’s controversial Sado gold mine as a cultural heritage site after the country agreed to include it in an exhibit...
View ArticleFrench train networks partially restored after line sabotage ahead of Olympics
PARIS (AP) — French railway company SNCF said Saturday it has made progress in partially restoring high-speed train services after acts of sabotage disrupted three major lines ahead of Friday night's...
View ArticleHungary’s nationalist leader warns of EU's demise and backs Trump in...
BAILE TUSNAD, Romania (AP) — Hungary’s nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Saturday that the European Union was sliding toward oblivion in a rambling anti-Western speech in which he warned...
View ArticleAn Israeli airstrike hits a school sheltering people in Gaza, killing at...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli airstrikes hit a school being used by displaced people in central Gaza on Saturday, killing dozens, as the country’s negotiators prepared to meet international...
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